Updated September 21, 2023 by the ABC11 Data Team

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Burglaries
Last 12 months
1,403

Through September 09

Average Burglaries
2020 to 2022
1,508

Yearly average

Burglary Rate
Last 12 months
491

Per 100,000 people

Average Burglary Rate
2020 to 2022
528

Per 100,000 people


Burglaries over the last 12 months are down 7% compared to the annual average over the last three years, according to the latest data available from the Durham Police Department.

The city averaged 27 burglaries a week over the last 12 months. In 2019, that number was 36 a week.

A closer look at Durham burglaries neighborhood by neighborhood

The risk is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood. ABC11’s data team looked at the Durham Police Department’s data by neighborhood from 2019 through September 09, 2023.

The map color-codes each neighborhood by the burglary rate over the last 12 months. The three darker blues represent neighborhoods with burglary rates that are higher than the citywide rate. You can also click the box in the bottom right corner to see neighborhoods by the number of burglaries.

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